section 4 of the Communications Act, 2009 (Act No. 8 of 2009);
“automated message system” means a pre-programmed system or other electronic or other
automated means, including a computer program, used to initiate an action, respond to data
messages or generate other performances in whole or in part, without review or intervention
by a human being each time an action is initiated or a response is generated by the system;
“communications” means electronic communications;
“consumer” means any natural person who enters or intends entering into an electronic
transaction with a supplier as the end user of the goods or services offered by that supplier;
“computer evidence” means data evidence or information evidence;
“Council” means the Electronic Information Systems Management Advisory Council established by section 4;
“computer system” means any device or a group of interconnected or related devices, one or
more of which, pursuant to a program, performs automatic processing of data;
“data evidence” means evidence of any matter relevant in legal proceedings if that matter
is represented in a computer system directly and can be made readily understandable to a
human being without requiring any special skills or knowledge on the part of any person and
includes a display, print out or other output of that data;
“data message” means data generated, displayed, sent, received or stored by electronic or
similar means and which appears to a user as a logical unit, including, but not limited to,
electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic mail, a web page, mobile communications, such
as SMS messages, audio and video recordings, telegram, telex or telecopy;
“digital certificate” means data or a device which enables a person to verify that a data
message has been sent or created by a specific person and which data or device has been
issued by a third party or by an information system on behalf of that third party;
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